Deputy Registrar II Ida Ria Tambunan delivering a presentation at the constitution awareness program for the citizens (PPHKWN) for academics, Friday (12/16/2022) at the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center, Cisarua, Bogor. Photo by MKRI/Panji.

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Friday, December 16, 2022 | 17:41 WIB

BOGOR (MKRI) — Ida Ria Tambunan, Deputy Registrar II of the Constitutional Court (MK), delivered a presentation on “The Authorities and Developments of the Constitutional Court in Indonesia” at a constitution awareness program for the citizens (PPHKWN) for academics at the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center, Cisarua, Bogor, West Java Province on Friday, December 16, 2022. She explained the founding of the Constitutional Court, its authorities and obligation, the procedure to file a petition, and the petitions that the Court has registered throughout 2003-2022.

“Constitutionalism is a concept or idea that the government power needs to be limited so that it would not be authoritarian. It also dictates that a basic law or constitution is the guarantee to protect the people from the government’s tyranny,” she said.

She explained that the founding of the Constitutional Court started with a proposal by Mohammad Yamin at a BPUPKI (Investigating Committee for Preparatory Works for Independence) session in 1945, until the amendment to the 1945 Constitution in 1999, 2000, 2001 dan 2002. The Court’s history started with the adoption of the idea for a constitutional court in the amendment to the Constitution by the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) in 2001, as detailed in Article 24 paragraph (2), Article 24C, and Article 7B of the 1945 Constitution resulting from the third amendment, which was passed on November 9, 2001. The idea of forming the Constitutional Court was one of the modern legal and constitutional developments in the 20th century.

Ida also said that after the amendments to the 1945 Constitution, state institutions are equal but function differently, so now there are no high or highest state institutions in Indonesia.

She then explained the Court’s authorities and obligation and the procedure for filing a judicial review petition, which can be done online or in person.

Lastly, she revealed the number of cases that the Court has registered and ruled—1,596 judicial review cases, 29 SKLN (interagency dispute) cases, 676 general election dispute cases, and 1,136 regional election dispute cases.

“So, in total there have been 3,437 registered cases from 2003 to 2022. In 2024, the Court will heard cases on simultaneous general elections, so please send us prayers for health and the ability to complete all cases well and on time,” she said.

Writer        : Panji Erawan
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 12/26/2022 07:55 WIB

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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